October 1, 2015
LEGO Star Wars in 100 Scenes
Two of our favourite things in our house collide in this new book from DK Canada: LEGO and Star Wars!
This new LEGO Star Wars book retells all of your favourite Star Wars scenes from all six films in 100 scenes. This is done all while using LEGO characters and brick to retell the epic battles. LEGO Star Wars covers everything you loved from Anakin’s Rage to the Councillor being kidnapped to the Imperial Pursuit. There is a little bit for every Star Wars fan in your house.
This book geared towards children really blends both aspects of the films and LEGO qualities together very well. The book reads similar to a comic but these elements hold true to the Star Wars films (quick, abrupt sentences, the typography) and even the way the characters speak in their thought bubbles. We also have boxes on the page that give us more information about the LEGO pieces shown and how they are used to build the vehicles and accessories. It was pretty neat to learn all the different LEGO Star Wars sets and characters that have been developed over the years.
You can purchase a copy of LEGO Star Wars on Amazon.
The Star Wars The Force Awakens comes just in time for Star Wars Reads Day on October 10th, 2015. This is a day where all things Star Wars and reading are celebrated. You can gear up for Star Wars Reads Day by visiting DK Canada and downloading their Star Wars Reads Day activity kit.
Disclosure: I received the above product. All opinions expressed are my own.
October 1, 2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Stickerscapes
In anticipation of the new Star Wars film, The Force Awakens, DK Canada brings children (and adults too!) a new way to have fun and put their creativity to the test with The Force Awakens Stickerscapes.
This new stickerscapes book provides you with more than 1,000 stickers and fourteen different backgrounds (some that will pull out and span four pages versus just two). The stickers are reusable and even contain new heroes, villains and vehicles (as well as your favourites too!).
The stickers range in size from small to medium to large sizes. They were easy to remove from the sheets that were in the book (our youngest had a harder time but as he is only four his fine motor skills are still coming along) and apply onto the backgrounds. We had no trouble removing them from the landscapes onto another one or back onto the white sticker sheets at the back of the book.
The landscapes are well illustrated and have an almost comic style feel to them which the kids loved. They really could create their own scenes without feeling like they had to follow a guide (sticker one goes here, sticker two here, etc..). This allowed playing with the book and stickers to be fun as well as allow for some Star Wars role-playing (who wants to be Finn!).
The Star Wars The Force Awakens comes just in time for Star Wars Reads Day on October 10th, 2015. This is a day where all things Star Wars and reading are celebrated. You can gear up for Star Wars Reads Day by visiting DK Canada and downloading their Star Wars Reads Day activity kit.
Disclosure: I received the above mentioned product in order to facilitate this review. All opinions expressed are my own.
September 30, 2015
Transformers Prime: Ultimate Decepticons Giveaway!
Autobots, roll out! Transformers Prime: Ultimate Decepticons are here with your top five battles and the characters you know and love.
With three boys in our home, Transformers has always been a huge hit. And to be honest I love the series myself. There is never a dull moment when the Autobots and Decepticons are around.
In Transformers Prime: Ultimate Decepticons, we find a collection of five of the most epic Autobots vs Decepticons adventures from the Transformers Prime lore. This collection has all of your favourite unforgettable characters all in one place, including Starscream, Skyquake, Makeshift, Airachnid, Dreadwing, Predaking and Knock Out.
While the Autobots have vowed to protect Earth, Megatron and his evil Decepticons have vowed to steal all of Earth’s valuable Energon, no matter what the cost it. This collection includes the titles: Masters and Students, Con Job, Crossfire, Prey and Thirst.
Transformers Prime: Ultimate Decepticons is full of incredible graphics, great story lines and unforgettable battles between our favourite characters. This DVD combines all of our favourite battles and characters for an action packed viewing time that every member of your family will love.
The Transformers series has come back in a new fun way that all ages will love. Adults can appreciate the characters from their youth while the young viewers will love the up to date graphics of the characters (have you seen how different Optimus alone looks from when the series first started??!). Our whole family enjoyed the DVD from start to finish, with the boys acting out some of the battles (yikes!).
My Canadian and American readers can now enter to win their own copy of Transformers Prime: Ultimate Decepticons from Shout Factory via the Rafflecopter form below. Good luck!
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Disclosure: I received a copy of the above DVD in order to facilitate this review. All opinions expressed are my own.
September 30, 2015
The Great Camp Adventure Walk #WW with linky
As many of you may already know, I participated in the Great Camp Adventure Walk to benefit Sick Kids Toronto this past weekend. I had an incredible time, I was so moved by the stories and families that were there. I am reminded at these times, how inspiring and miraculous every health care worker, family, child are. This week’s Wordless Wednesday is in dedication of my walk and the amazing families and children fighting every day at the Hospital for Sick Kids.
Make sure you link up below so that I can come visit you too! Have a great week.
September 28, 2015
Week Seven of My Healthy Living Challenge
What an amazing week, week seven turned out to be! I topped off a great week with The Great Camp Adventure Walk, where I completed all 20km! Needless to say even as I am writing this now my legs are still hurting but wow did it feel good.
Here is a recap of Week Seven:
Weight training four times this week.- Yoga twice this week.
Daily stretching (the stretching is geared towards my back that was introduced to me for physio)11,000 steps a day – can I beat last week?!Two 3km walkThe Great Camp Adventure Walk
Week seven was pretty awesome, can you tell?! I really want to keep my momentum from week seven moving for this week (if I could just get my legs to recover!).
Here are my goals for this week:
- weight training four times this week
- yoga twice this week
- daily stretching exercises from physio
- 11,000 steps a day
- two 3km walk
- one 5km walk
- enter all of my meals in My Fitness Pal
I am aiming to hit all my goals this week, so fingers crossed for me! My body while not losing weight is definitely feeling better. Which is the greater win for me.
Looking forward to checking in with you again next week. Have a great week!